Dymphony Climaxes Cornell Festival
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra closed the Cornell College Music Festival at Mount Vernon under conductor Frederick Stock with Bach and modern works. The Cornell Oratorio Society, about 125 voices, performed Bach Mass in B minor with soloists Thelma Von Eisenhauer Ruth Pinkerton William Miller and Francis German. Karl Andrist played Lalo violin in the final concert as Sibelius Fourth Schumann First Firebird selections and Honegger Pastorale d ete and Weinberger Polka and Fugue concluded the festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Frederick Stock
Hane Lange
Cornell Oratorio Society
Thelma von Eisenhauer
Ruth Pinkerton
William Miller
Francis German
Tun
Mr. Lange
Karl Andrist
Cornell College
Lalo
Andrist
Chicago
Sibelius
Schumann
Moussorgsky
Strawinsky
Honegger
Weinberger
Thefts From Cars Investigated At Walker
Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon went to Walker Saturday night to investigate thefts from automobiles believed committed Friday night. A $30 set of auto mechanics tools was taken from the back of Jack Keyser's car parked before his business. An auto jack was stolen from H. W. McCright's car and a wheel was removed but later abandoned when the car fell on the wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Condon
Walker
Jack Keyser
H. W. McCright
Snapped By Candid Camera Photo Contest
A candid camera contest invites readers to mail 25 cents with a card to The Gazette office. Three prints will be mailed, and if chosen for publication a 7x9 sepia enlargement is provided free of charge. Names shown today include Mrs Ches ter D Salter and Harry Chadima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Office
Chester D. Salter
Knollwood Drive
Harry Chadima
Twenty-third Street Drive
Wilton and Center Junction Hold Dual Commencement Events
Wilton High School marks its sixtieth commencement with 36 graduates in the auditorium and an Friday alumni banquet hosting long‑range guests including Frank Walker Frank Tufts Mrs Lorena Abbott Whitmer and Mrs Lydia Bennett Phipps. Center Junction celebrates the class of 1939 with Dr Harry M Gage delivering the address and twelve diplomas awarded by Supt C F Lindsey. Lisbon reports the death of Mrs John Dunn 61 after a long illness with services set at Neff funeral home Mount Vernon.
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Wilton
Wilton High School
Loren Thomas
Bloomfield
Frank Walker
Muscatine
Frank Tufts
Chicago
Lorena Abbott Whitmer
Tipton
Lydia Bennett Phipps
Gary
Ind
Center Junction
Max Moses
Hollyce Chase
Harry Alyea
Dean McDonald
World of Tomorrow
Myrtle Himebaugh
Chris Petersen
Lisbon
John Dunn
Clinton
Ruth Rogers
Minneapolis
Gertrude Maltby
Steel
N. C
Verna Wade
California
Sarah McMahon
Ben Leber
Oakland
Calif
George Thacker
Maywood
Ill
W. A. McMahon
Reno
Mrs. Margaret Platner Dies in Mechanicsville at 75
Mrs. Margaret Jane Platner, 75, long-time Mechanicsville resident, widow of C. F. Platner, died at home Saturday night. Born February 11, 1864 near Mount Vernon, she leaves daughter Mrs. John Fry and son Howard Platner, plus sister Mrs. Marshall Oxley. Funeral at Horner funeral home Monday at 2:30 p.m. Burial in Mechanicsville cemetery.
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Mechanicsville
Margaret Jane Platner
C. F. Platner
Mount Vernon
Samuel
Mary Ellison
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Busch-Dennis Post, American Legion Auxiliary
Platner
John Fry
Howard Platner
Marshall Oxley
Marion
Horner
Charles Tyrrell
E. Winslow Brown
Cedar Rapids
Man Arrested On Charge Of Molesting A Child
Ray Morehouse, 44, of 423 Fifth Avenue SE, was arrested at 6 30 p m Saturday by Patrolmen Bukacek and DeVore on a statutory charge from a warrant issued by Justice H R Churchill. He is accused of enticing a 7 year old girl to his room. He has a prison record including a year and a day in Leavenworth for larceny from a government preserve and prior petty larceny and intoxication arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Morehouse
Fifth Avenue SE
Bukacek and
DeVore
Justice H. R. Churchill
Morehouse
Leavenworth Federal
Rulers Sail in Fog Delays on Empress of Australia
Dense fog and ice keep the Empress of Australia stalled in the iceberg zone of the North Atlantic delaying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The liner, 1,000 miles from Quebec, made only 35 miles since daybreak with lookouts spotting bergs and the engines reversing to avoid danger.
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North Atlantic
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Quebec
Canada
United States
E.S.T
Queen
Cape Race
Consent To Removal Of Child Eye In Life Saving Effort
Parents of a five month old baby blinded by a glioma tumor consented to removing one eye to save life. Five Quincy specialists consulted and recommended removal for study to decide if both eyes must be removed.
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Quincy, II
Arthur Grunden
Barry
IIL
Quincy
Hopkins Rejoins Boyhood Church At Grinnell
The Rev. Charles R. Rowe said Hopkins, secret ary of commerce, has reaffiliated with the Methodist church in Grinnell Iowa. The action followed Hopkins recent request to rejoin the church of his boyhood and was announced Saturday night by the local pastor.
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Hopkins
Church of Boyhood
Grinnell
Byers Set To Speak On State Legislature Work
State Senator Frank C. Byers will address the Maine lodge No. 643 I O O F on the recent state legislative session. The meeting at Maine lodge hall 838 First Avenue East opens at 8 pm next Tuesday. E A Tuck will briefly recount his Ozarks trip from last summer.
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Frank C. Byers
Maine Lodge
First Avenue E
E. A. Tuck
Ozarks
Wagoner Held in Nebraska on False Check Charge
Sheriff Cahill arrested Elle Wagoner 26 in Gering Nebraska on a false check charge. Wagoner had arrived from Texas to visit relatives and was taken into custody by officers.
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Maquoreta
Ronald Cahill
Elle Wagoner
Gering
Neb
Wagoner
Texas
Livestock Groups Protest Roosevelt Beef Claims
A collective protest by Mollin Gov Nels H Smith Joe Sneed and livestock leaders argues against Roosevelt's view of Argentine beef as superior calling for careful debt and supply considerations for military needs and questioning foreign involvement in American markets. Governor Ratner of Kansas also sent a protest message.
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Mollin
Nels H. Smith
Wyoming
Joe Sneed
Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
E. A. Phillips
Mostana Livestock Association
Con W. Jackson
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Roosevelt
Payne J. Ratner
Kansas
Herring Defends Roosevelt On Argentine Beef Remarks
U S Senator Clyde L Herring told Des Moines audiences that buying Argentine canned beef would not harm the nation noting the navy uses only a small amount and that Argentine beef is not necessarily superior to American. He spoke at a gathering of Iowa postmasters where Postmaster General James A Farley also addressed the group.
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Des Moines
INS
United States
Clyde L. Herring
Roosevelt
Navy
Argentina
Herring
Iowa
James A. Farley
Troops Called to Harlan Goal Area
The report notes troops deployed to the Harlan area as coal utility and transport needs in New York grow critical. Miss Perkins argues the New York decision supports collective bargaining as the solution to labor management differences and hints government seeks a business revival to avoid coal shortages impacting recovery.
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Harlan
New York
Coal leaders accuse government of pressuring eastern mines
Springfield, Ill. Joe Ozanic, international president of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, charges that the federal government pressured eastern coal operators to sign UMWA contracts. He says John L. Lewis and the administration with CIO backed the move, calling the contract un-American and illegal.
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Springfield
Ill
Joe Ozanic
Progressive Mine Workers of America
AFL
UMWA
John L. Lewis
Federal agents probe civil liberties in Kentucky coal case
The justice department said two federal agents are examining alleged civil liberties violations in Harlan county Kentucky as a possible prelude to retrying coal operators and law enforcement officials charged with conspiring to deprive workers of rights under the Wagner Act. Attorney General Frank Murphy and Assistant AG Brien McMahon will decide on retrial.
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Washington
LLP
Justice Department
Harlan County
Frank Murphy
Brien McMahon
Adequate Capital and Character for Credit Advice to Farmers
Elbert S. Brigham of National Life Insurance urges young Iowa farmers to balance land purchase with life insurance and a $1,000 reserve. He says character is the basis of credit, recommends down payments, and notes Iowa farms yield 3 percent net after costs in 1938 while government subsidy may hinder insurance investment.
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Elbert S. Brigham
National Life Insurance Company of
Vermont
Iowa
Brigham
Mr. Brigham
Life Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Harvey C. McClary
Iowa Farms
McClary
Iowa Land
United States
Federal Land Bank
Deaths Nel lie Hepker obituary funeral services
Funeral services for Mrs Nel lie Hepker wife of Harry Hepker and resident of Shellsburg will be held at Turner chapel Monday at 2 p m with Dr Marion H Williams of the First Christian church officiating Burial will be in Shellsburg cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Nellie Hepker
Harry Hepker
Shellsburg
Claire Oxley
E Avenue NW
Turner Chapel
Marion H. Williams
First Christian Church
Funeral services for World War veteran George V Bartholmey
Private funeral services for George V Bartholmey 41 a World war veteran who died Thursday will be held at 3 p.m. today in the Moen family chapel conducted by Rev. Marion H. Williams. A cremation service will follow. Friends may call at the Moen chapel until noon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George V. Bartholmey
Moen Family
Marion H. Williams
Moen
Funeral services for infant Joseph Stolar
Funeral services are Tuesday for Joseph Stolar aged 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Stolar Jr., of 354 Eighteenth Street SE. The Beatty chapel will host the rites at 2 p.m. led by Reverend J H Blackstone.
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Joseph Stolar
Joseph A. Stolar
Eighteenth Street
Beatty Chapel
J. H. Blackstone
Credit Trends Show Only a Quarter Pay Cash for Cars
Records from several finance firms indicate that roughly 25 percent of people purchasing automobiles pay cash. The data highlight growing reliance on credit and financing in auto markets.
Open Campaign for Camp Good Health
The Public Health Nursing association operates Camp Good Health on a hill site eight miles east of Cedar Rapids. The facility includes a main lodge with dining and kitchen areas, four cabins for sixty children, and staff quarters. Chairman Philip W. Shive leads a committee. 148 children benefited last summer and 205 need care this season. The camp relies on the voluntary Camp Good Health Fund, with an estimated $5 per week cost per child, supported by local businesses and The Gazette. Donors are urged to contribute to sustain health-focused summer care for needy Cedar Rapids children aged 6 to 12.
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Health Nursing Association
Highway 30
Cedar Rapids
Philip W. Shive
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
R. D. Hunting
Ella Johnson
W. E. Andre
C. T. Hickok
al Allen
F. W. Orr
J. W. Ballard
Camp Good Health Fund
Camp Good
the Gazette
Iowa
Allied bloc tests loom as Hitler plots front surveys
Aged dispatch details Hitler planning inspections of western and eastern frontiers with Goering Brauchitsch Ribbenstrorp and Goering's return amid talks. The report notes a looming allied bloc test and hints at a forthcoming German propaganda push to ease Polish nerves ahead of a Dan zing settlement. A late line mentions US Route 1 near New York as a busy transport corridor.
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Hitler
Hermann Goering
Munich
Italy
Walther von Brauchitsch
Italian
Libya
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Germany
Danzig
France
Maginot Line
Baltic
East Prussian
Silesian
Poland
Utterback Refuses Resignation as Iowa Democratic Committeeman
Des Moines, AP. Iowa Democratic Chairman E H Birmingham says Hubert Utterback of Des Moines has no intention of resigning as the state's national committeeman. Utterback has been in ill health for months. Birmingham notes there is no national committee vacancy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
E. H. Birmingham
Hubert Utterback
Utterback
Birmingham
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